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Ad of the Day: Why Zappos Delivered 1,900 Boxes to Hanover, N.H., That No One...
Zappos has always taken its "Delivering happiness" mantra seriously, at least where customers are concerned. To express it this holiday, and alongside agency Mullen Lowe, it pulled a stunt that's...
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A Dirty Old Man Gets the Perfect Gift in Pornhub's Weird, Uncomfortable...
Pornhub is the latest advertiser to feature a sad old man in its Christmas commercial—an oddly common theme this year. But instead of getting a telescope or faking his own death, what bring a smile to...
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Colonel Sanders Channels Santa, Badly, in W+K's Silly Holiday Spots for KFC
You might call him the Southern Santa. In four new holiday videos from KFC, Colonel Sanders spends most of his screen time stuck in a home's chimney ... while trying to deliver presents. The Wieden...
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The World Surf League's First-Ever Ad Likens the Volatile Sport of Surfing to...
To distill the unpredictability and drama of competitive surfing, the World Surf League has launched its first global campaign, "You Can't Script This," anchored by "Chaos Theory," a 90-second spot...
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What Can You Learn From 2015's Most Viral Billboard?
If you know what this billboard means just by looking at it, you're cool. If you don't, you're probably in need of some schooling. Maybe, at the end of the lesson, you'll buy a billboard of your own....
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Krispy Kreme Rigs a Glazing Machine to Create a Scannable Barcode for Free...
Here's an oven-fresh, charmingly simple sales promotion from Krispy Kreme. For its #dayofthedozens program, the doughnut chain and agency Baldwin& rigged a glazing machine to diffuse streams of...
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Santa's Computer Catches the Bah-Humbug Virus in These Witty Ads From Norton
So far, Santa is having an exasperating holiday season. A few weeks back, he got physically assaulted in a Coach commercial. Now Kringle's computer has been hacked, and his "Naughty Or Nice" list held...
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Allstate Vows to Protect Your Firsts in This Lovely Ad About a Gay Couple's...
A gay couple and their daughter are the centerpiece of this family-focused ad for Allstate. After the pair explain their year of firsts—including their marriage, and the adoption that...
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This Touching Costa Rican Ad Reminds Us Great Gifts Don't Have to Cost a Fortune
For Gollo, the biggest retail chain in Costa Rica, McCann gives us "Frozen," a charming little spot that depicts how a small gift can last a lifetime ... or even two. The ad follows a young boy,...
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Ad of the Day: McDonald's Seeks Great Recipes in Top-Secret Contest for...
McDonald's seems like way too big of a company to have interesting, playful contests for employees. But the fast-food chain's Canadian operation has always had surprisingly relevant ideas (like its...
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Roadkill Raps in This Insane Road-Safety PSA That's Selling Something Else, Too
What do wiper blades have to do with the safety of your state's wild animals? Why does the Humane Society care about windshields in the first place? And how does a throwback music video powered by...
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Ad of the Day: Facebook Captures the Tumult of 2015 in Its Year in Review Video
It must be tough for Facebook, a social network built around the "liking" of things, to sum up a year like 2015, when there was so much in the world to dislike. But it gives it a shot in the video...
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This Automaker Turned Its Owner's Manual Into a Beautiful Work of Prose,...
If your car manual were an entertaining work of fiction filled with pretty illustrations, you might be more inclined to read it. That, at least, is the hope behind a new marketing stunt from Romanian...
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Can't Decide What to Netflix Next? This Ad Has a Few (Dozen) Helpful Suggestions
Bingeing on your favorite TV shows and movies can be a blast, but the existential emptiness that follows after finishing a season—or a whole series—can be sheer hell. Need help? Netflix has the...
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Newly Single? ManServants Is the Perfect (and Real) Antidote to Heartbreak...
So, you just dumped your boyfriend. Now it's time to kick your baggage, along with all the residual crap he left behind, to the curb. Where to turn? ManServants, a San Francisco-based startup, has the...
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Porsche Punks New Drivers by Making Them Take Their Test in a 911 Carrera 4
There's a reason your parents put you in a beater when you got your driving permit. To promote the opening of a new Porsche Experience Center in Le Mans, France—the fourth in the world, after Leipzig,...
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Miller Lite Dresses Times Square Billboards in Huge, Handwoven Ugly Sweaters
Here's a fun Christmas stunt from Miller Lite. Thanks to the brewer, a giant ugly-holiday-sweater billboard, handwoven out of actual yarn, now adorns a corner of New York's Times Square. Agency...
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Amazon Goes for Prime Cuteness in This New Commercial With a Super Tiny Horse
Amazon cutes its way into our hearts with this new spot, in which a tiny horse has trouble making friends. The story here is similar enough to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer that it qualifies as a...
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Ad of the Day: Ali Fights Ali in This Epic Spot for the Porsche 911
Imagine if, in his prime, Muhammad Ali laced up his gloves and stepped into the squared circle against … himself. Cramer-Krasselt posits just this scenario in "Compete," a captivating 60-second spot...
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Scrabble Finds Christmas Cheer in Wordplay With Its Latest Cute Anagrams Ad
Christmas-loving word nerds will probably enjoy this new letter-shuffling ad from Scrabble. Titled "Anagram Christmas," the minute-long spot puts a holiday twist on the game's "There's Magic in Words"...
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